Of course we Danes are a lot smarter than you Americans, which is why most of us would immediately recognize this skyline below as being from Damascus, – (the capital of Syria, in case you don’t know). Perhaps not all of us would recognize this skyline, but then of course we can always trust the News on our state-owned TV2, who used this photo in a story about Syria’s Cultural heritage. As it turned out, the “photo” was graphics from Assassin’s Creed, a Playstation Game !

I was thinking also.. maybe 50 % correctly naming Syria on a map is not that bad after all.. – I mean, how may Danes / Europeans would actually name the country highlighted – (randomly chosen) – below correctly ?

Of course you Americans, with your high Visual IQ’s and great knowledge of the World in general, will easily name all of these Central American bana.. Repub.., eh, Tourist Paradises, right ?

9 Responses to Syria.. is.. somewhere in Africa, right ? – What Do YOU know ?

Of course we americans can name off all the “banana republics” and they indeed are wonderful escapes from the monotony, tedium and lack of “heart” of mainstream Anglo-Saxon America, and Europe for that matter; just as the ” burnt out hippie-paradise” of Goa is an exotic offbeat attraction for Danes and Englishmen--yes you have succeeded in being arrogant enough to be classified as annoying -- ha don’t take it too seriously- you asked for it, (Smarter than us??)

I just took this too. 12 of 13. Not bad for an American huh? The one I got wrong was that Kerry was the Sec. of State (I guessed that it was Panetta, which is stupid on my part because I KNOW he was the Secretary of Defense).

12 / 13 is pretty good, -- actually VERY good -- for an American :)) -- In Denmark you see Kerry very frequently on the News, and Boehner.. hell, -- we Liberal / Left-leaning Danes all know who -- in our opinion -- the bad guys are.. and have seen him very frequently too, so I had those two right, but I could not point out the three other Americans, which is why I got 10 / 13. -- Actually, I thought the quiz was a bit silly, and I don’t think it has all that much to do with intelligence. Knowledge yes, but not necessarily intelligence. “Visual IQ” ? -- Rather than recognizing flags of countries and people’s faces, I’d say, for instance, your ability to read body language is a better indicator.